Texas A&M Football
Aggie Flashback with Larry Jackson
Key quotes from Larry Jackson interview
“To come back to a place that feels so much like home ... I chose to come here right out of high school, and as soon as I was asked I jumped right on my offer.”
“It is not a four-year decision (to come to A&M), it is a 40-year decision. If you’re going to go 40 years down the road, you want those 40 years to be with the Aggies, not with someone else.”
“To be able to come back now and be in this program and to be working with my little brothers the way I get to now ... I cant even describe the feeling getting to teach your siblings how to fight versus teaching your friend how to fight.”
"John Pearce came to my house to offer me and I took it that night. I was the first commit for the class of '90."
“Coach Sumlin had a lot of faith in me when I first got here as an assistant strength coach.”
“Sumlin came to me and asked me to be his head strength coach if he ever got a head coaching position, so it worked out pretty good.”
“I know what [Sumlin] expects from me. I know what he expects from the staff that I hired. I know what he expects from the players. Its pretty exciting to not only have him as my boss but to also have someone that I respect and who respects me.”
“This is not a power lifting meet and [Sumlin] gets that. We are trying to create football players.”
"We're here trying to create great football players. I could get a guy to jump over a building, but if he can't block, who cares?"
"When we came into Kyle Field (as a player) we believed we weren't leaving without a win, and we held each other accountable for that."
“Sumlin doesn’t need numbers. I am here to give the players what they need to be successful. We don’t have the record boards up anymore.”
“As coaches, we know how to win and [the players] don’t know how to win. So we are trying to teach them how to win without out going through the lumps. We knew what formula would work for the guys, they didn’t know that yet. That game was a learning experience for them.”
“I want those guys to stand there and look across to the other team when we are playing a game in September when it’s 100 degrees outside, and I want them to look at the guy like, 'You can run this as many times as you want.'”
“We train movements, not muscles. Because you have to run, it is very important you have general strength and then can make that into position specific strength.”
“There’s one word that stopped me from doing what [the coaches] do, and that’s recruiting. That’s not me, I don’t want to try to convince you. The way they go out and are always gone from home just wasn’t the way I wanted to go.”
“I get to touch and do more with these guys than anyone. I would rather [the coaches] bring me the guys and let me work and mold them.”
"It's a good problem to have when your players are so good they don't stay for four years. It's a huge deal with recruiting."
"To have a guy (Speedy Noil) that talented be able to come in early and train who is great to work with, I think we'll see great numbers."
“[Zaycoven Henderson] is doing really well. He’s a good strong kid, he’s young so we’re going to continue to push him and make him better mentally and physically. But he is definitely is a force in the middle, so we are happy to have him.”
“Josh Reynolds ... he’s long, he’s lean, he goes up and makes plays and he has a mean attitude. I love the guy and how he works.”
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